For the first time at the 2016 World Series of Poker, three bracelets were awarded on a single day with Jason DeWitt and Marco Johnson grabbing the second WSOP bracelets of their careers. And just one day after winning the fourth bracelet of his career, Jason Mercier continued the hot streak into the $10,000 Razz Championship.

Event #14: Jason DeWitt and Garrett Greer Each Win a Million Bucks

Jason DeWitt now has two WSOP bracelets to his credit – and he’s also a millionaire. (WSOP photo)

Six years ago Jason DeWitt won his first WSOP bracelet in a $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event. Tuesday night in Las Vegas he topped a massive field to win the $1,500 Millionaire Maker and in the process bank a seven figure score and win his second bracelet.

“It’s hard to get through these big fields,” DeWitt said. “I usually play just No Limit and Pot Limit and they draw the biggest fields. So, it’s not surprising that it would take so long to get back here again. I mean, these fields are so big. To win a tournament with a 7,000-player field is just insane.”

DeWitt beat out Garrett Greer heads-up for the win but with both first and second place being guaranteed at least $1 million, there was just a $65,000 difference between winner and runner-up. With that in mind, DeWitt was able to relax and have some fun with the heads-up dual.

“I had already won a gold bracelet, so I was relaxed as I could be,” DeWitt said. “The difference between first and second was only $65,000 so I could play aggressively. I’m just glad I didn’t finish third. I just didn’t want to be short at three-handed. It would have been painful to get third when first and second were at least $1 million.”

Former kindergarten teacher Lisa Meredith finished third for $500,000. This was her first WSOP cash in the first WSOP event she ever played.

Final Table Payouts

  1. Jason DeWitt – $1,065,403
  2. Garrett Greer – $1,000,000
  3. Lisa Meredith – $500,000
  4. Francis Rusnak – $366,787
  5. Luke Anthony – $276,632
  6. Arkadiy Tsinis – $210,112
  7. Mikhail Semin – $160,725
  8. Alessio Dicesare – $123,828
  9. Stanley Lee – $96,091

Event #17: Chase Bianchi Wins $1,000 No Limit Hold’em

Chase Bianchi won the first WSOP bracelet of his career Tuesday.

Chase Bianchi made the most of his first career WSOP cash by taking down the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $316,920. It took Bianchi 45 hands of heads-up poker to eliminate Erik Silberman in second place to win his first WSOP bracelet.

Bianchi eliminated the final three players; Silberman, Roberto Romanello and Charles Carragher. The elimination of Romanello in third place meant the loud and raucous British rail was gone, leaving Bianchi and Silberman to play in a relatively peaceful environment.

Final Table Payouts

  1. Chase Bianchi – $316,920
  2. Erik Silberman – $195,738
  3. Roberto Romanello – $142,926
  4. Charles Carragher – $105,308
  5. Paul Nunez – $78,301
  6. James Alexander – $58,758
  7. Felix Morin-Dutil – $44,503
  8. Cameron Rezaie – $34,024
  9. Christopher Leong – $26,259

Event #18: Marco Johnson Adds Second Bracelet with $3,000 HORSE Title

With his first baby on the way, Marco Johnson feels like his second WSOP bracelet is a little bit more special.

Marco ‘CrazyMarco’ Johnson beat Jared Talarico heads-up to win the second WSOP bracelet of his career in the $3,000 HORSE event Tuesday night. The win comes with $259,730 and that bracelet.

For Johnson, who turned his attention from No Limit Hold’em to HORSE a while ago, the fact the bracelet came in the multi-game format makes it extra special.

“I started playing HORSE seven years ago because I grew up next to Chip Reese’s sister, and HORSE was always his game,”said Johnson. “I decided I wanted to be really good at this, so that’s where I focused my energy. This feels good to win a bracelet in a mixed event, for sure.”

For most players, the first WSOP bracelet is always the most important one but Johnson feels that with so much more going on in his life away from poker, this one is a little bit more special to him.

“This one feels a lot better, for sure,” Johnson said afterward. “I just got married and my wife is six-months pregnant, so with a kid on the way, this is more special.

Johnson also won a SCOOP title and had tow runner-up finishes in 2016.

Final Table Payouts

  1. Marco Johnson $259,730
  2. Jared Talarico – $160,522
  3. Gerald Ringe – $108,924
  4. Todd Ickow – $75,397
  5. Glenn Engelbert – $53,259
  6. John Crisp – $38,409
  7. Toma Kalaj – $28,291
  8. Chino Rheem – $21,294

Event #19: Garrett Garvin Leads Final 12 $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha

Just a dozen players remain in the $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha event with Garrett Garvin the only player to bag up over 1 million chips Tuesday night. Garvin finished with 1,002,000 and his closest competitor, Bruno Borges finished with 722,000.

Maybe the most well-known player still in the hunt for the bracelet and $185,317 first place prize money is Dan Shak who finished Day 2 with 377,000.

Action resumes Wednesday at noon and plays down to a winner.

Top 10 Chip Counts

  1. Garrett Garvin – 1,002,000
  2. Bruno Borges – 722,000
  3. Henri Ojala – 631,000
  4. Zachary Hench – 620,000
  5. Kirby Lowery – 588,000 –
  6. Dan Shak – 377,000
  7. Jared Koppel – 370,000
  8. Juuso Leppanen – 328,000
  9. Jeffrey Landherr- 258,000
  10. David Guay – 256,000

Event #20: Jason Mercier Leads $10,000 Razz Championship Final Table

On Monday night Jason Mercier beat Mike Watson to win the $10,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven event and immediately took his seat in the $10,000 Razz championship. On Tuesday night he bagged up the Day 2 chip lead, finishing with 1,595,000.

Mercier won a rumored six figures for winning the first bracelet and has multiple other bets on winning two and three bracelets this summer and now just has seven other players remaining between himself and his second bracelet this year.

John Racener sits in second place with 1,174,000 and is the only other player with a seven-figure stack. Brian Hastings, who won two bracelets of his own last summer, made his first final table of 2016 with 367,000.

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Jason Mercier – 1,595,000
  2. John Racener – 1,174,000
  3. Ray Dehkharghani – 838,000
  4. Brian Hastings – 367,000
  5. Robert Campbell – 360,000
  6. Yueqi Zhu – 312,000
  7. Bart Hanson – 246,000
  8. Jyri Merivirta – 109,000

Event #21: $3,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em

Only 233 of the 1,029 players who played Day 1 of the $3,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em event are going to be playing on Day 2. Yang Wang finished with 269,300 and the chip lead. Russia’s Andrey Zaichenko finished with 244,00 and is right behind Wang.

The top ten chip counts includes a number of notable names including Upeshka De Silva (218,900), Mark Herm (185,100), Anatoly Filatov (172,200) and Andy Frankenberger (158,000).

Top 10 Chip Counts

  1. Yang Wang – 269,300
  2. Andrey Zaichenko – 244,000
  3. Nick Schwarmann – 240,400
  4. Upeshka De Silva – 218,900
  5. Mark Herm – 185,100
  6. Steven Thompson Vila – 182,700
  7. Vladimir Geshkenbein – 180,000
  8. Anatoly Filatov – 172,200
  9. Andy Frankenberger – 158,000
  10. James Calderaro – 157,000